18 Ashington Close, Wigan, WN5 0JT
About 18 Ashington Close
18 Ashington Close is a detached house in Wigan (WN5 0JT). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2015) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since May 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 94 m² it's 27% larger than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 9 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £254,000 sits 230.1% above the 2001 sale of £76,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£76/sq ft) was about 41.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
18 Ashington Close ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Oct 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
18 Ashington Close has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Oct 2005ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
.To extend dwellinghouse, single storey extension to side.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- A/05/64840
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Sales history & valuation
18 Ashington Close's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£254,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£76,950
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
10 May 2001Most recent
£76,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in WN5 0JT: £185,000 (2025–2016).
Versus other Ashington Close homes
18 Ashington Close is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£819
Street avg £1,956
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 75 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.8 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
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Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Prescott Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Marsh Green Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB







